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El Priorato
El Priorato

El Priorato is a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Town Council of Lora del Río. It is located about 10 km from Lora del Río. El Priorato was a colonisation settlement created in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the former IRYDA (Institute of Agrarian Reform and Development) subdivided lands in many places in Spain, including the Guadalquivir Valley.

Isla Mayor-Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen en el poblado de Alfonso XIII
Poblado de Alfonso XIII

The Poblado de Alfonso XIII is a hamlet that belongs to the municipality of Isla Mayor. Isla Mayor began to be populated in the early 20th century by rice farmers. From the 1940s onwards, immigrants from other parts of Andalusia, Extremadura and the Levante came to make a living from agriculture. In 1994, Isla Mayor was administratively separated from Puebla del Río.